noun
- a pair of eyeglasses or opera glasses with a handle
Usage: formal; dated
Examples
- The elegant woman raised her lorgnon to examine the painting more closely.
- At the opera, she used her mother’s antique lorgnon to see the stage better.
- The Victorian gentleman peered through his lorgnon at the newspaper.
- She kept her lorgnon in a velvet case in her evening bag.
- The museum displayed an ornate gold lorgnon from the 18th century.
- He adjusted his lorgnon to read the fine print on the program.